Who we are

Riviera Artists Limited
5th Floor, 169 Piccadilly,
Mayfair,
London,
United Kingdom,
W1J 9EH

Riviera Artists Agency is a literary/talent agency registered in the UK, and acts as a ‘Data Controller’ under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulations. If you have any concerns about your personal data please email us at info@rivieraartistsagency.com and we’ll be happy to help.

Why we collect your information

Riviera Artists Agency collects information from you in order to fulfil  contractual obligations.

How we collect data

The majority of personal data we collect, store and use about you will be provided by you (or third parties authorised by you) as follows:

• As part of and during the agency client engagement process prior to you engaging us as your agents (e.g. submissions, CVs and references); and
• As part of the agency client relationship to enable us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you under our agency client agreement.

We may also use and store personal data about you from relevant public sources, such as: IMDB, Backstage, Spotlight etc.

We will not share or use your personal data in a way you would not expect under the agent/client agreement.

Data we collect

We only collect data that is relevant to the agent/client agreement, which includes (not limited to):

• Personal contact details
• Name
• Date of birth
• Next of kin and emergency contact information
• National Insurance number
• Bank account details and tax status information
• Copies of driving licence and passport
• Photographs
• Your diary/calendar
• Agency/client engagement information (including copies of right to work documentation, references, samples of work and submissions (in any form including disks, images and documents), and information included in a CV or cover letter or as part of the client application process.
• Career history including work/engagement/project/employment records, project details, job titles, work history, working hours, holidays, training records and professional memberships
• Publications
• Filmography
• Credits
• Manuscripts/Screenplays
• Contracts
• Payment and fee details including any interest in and connection with any intermediary through which your services are supplied and royalty payments
• Casting information

Sharing of data

Due to the nature of the industry, we will be required to share your information with (not limited to):

• Casting directors
• Agencies
• Movie producers/directors
• Movie studios
• Streaming services (such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu)

Transferring data outside the EU

Riviera Artists Agency is registered in the UK. We may transfer your collected data to storage outside the European Economic Area (EEA). A common example is where we need to provide your personal data to a company or organisation outside the UK as a requisite to you providing your services to that company or organisation. By giving us your personal data, you agree to this arrangement. We will do what we reasonably can to keep your data secure.

We only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to use it and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it. In any event, we will conduct an annual review to ascertain whether we need to keep your personal data. Your personal data will be deleted if we no longer need it.

Data storage

Information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Your rights

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by emailing info@rivieraartistsagency.com.

Our site may contain links to and from websites such as IMDB, YouTube etc. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information

You have a right to access information held about you by submitting a written request to info@rivieraartistsagency.com.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Removal of your personal information

You can request the removal of your personal information at any time by submitting a request to info@rivieraartistsagency.com.